Central Sulawesi farmer allegedly shot dead by MIT terrorist

BINTANGNEWS.com
–A
farmer from Lobu village in Parigi Moutong district, Central Sulawesi, was shot
dead by a suspected member of the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT)

terrorist
group on
Thursday.

The farmer, identified as Simson, aka Suju,
30, was found dead on his farm by a fellow farmer who had previously seen a
group of gunmen standing beside his body, Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig.
Gen. Rudy Sufahriadi said.

Rudy said information
about Simson’s death was first received from a woman identified only as YI, who
was the witness' daughter. YI told the police that her father had called to inform
her that he had seen Simson’s body on the ground near a group of gunmen.

“The gunmen did not see my father, who was on
a farm next to Simson’s,” YI said as quoted by Rudy.

According to Rudy, YI said that, after seeing
the horrifying scene, her father fled to a nearby village when he later heard
one gunshot fired.

The gunmen wore civilian clothes and had long
hair, said Rudy. “From the characteristics described, they were likely MIT
members."

Rudy also said the
police had detected the arrival of MIT members near a mountain close to
Simson’s farm. He said police officers had been deployed to the area.

The Central Sulawesi Police continue to hunt
down MIT members after the Tinambola joint-operation killed the group’s leader,
Santoso, aka Abu Wardah.***